Every school, every week: Oct. 18

St. Gabriel Elementary School, Neenah, third-grade students frequently spend time studying the Bible. Students learned how to find a Bible citation together for the previous Sunday’s gospel. Pictured are Max Vosters and Meryk Larson.(Photo: Photo courtesy of St. Mary Catholic Schools)

MENASHA SCHOOLS

Community Learning Center:

Students at Maplewood Blue Crew are working on leadership skills. During the week of Oct. 2, students were the Teachers for the Week. Groups of students lead activities that they enjoy and instructed their peers along with the assistance of the Blue Crew staff. Some activities included Dance Battle, Airplane Races, Jay Artists and Slime Extravaganza.

Banta Bilingual Elementary:

Parent-teacher conferences were 3:40-7:40 p.m. Oct. 17.

Menasha High:

The Fall Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony will begin at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Fieldhouse. Parents and friends are invited to celebrate students’ academic successes. Students receiving an award will be notified by mail.

St. Mary:

At St. Mary Elementary School, the preschool class has been busy learning about the farm. They made paper plate roosters, finger painted pigs rolling in the mud (chocolate pudding), and learned many different animal sounds. They also had a field trip to Mulberry Lane Farm in Sherwood where they were able to hold chickens and kittens, pet goats, milk a cow, ride a pony, take a hayride and pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch!

Trinity Lutheran:

Students in 3-year-old preschool through eighth grade went on a Trestle Bridge Walk. They walked over in their Chapel Families and enjoyed a snack. Art teacher, Juliet Colby, created art lessons for the students with items found in nature. The students painted rocks, did leaf rubbings and clay impressions, and created treats for the animals out of peanut butter and bird seed.

NEENAH SCHOOLS

Alliance held its third annual Light Up for Learning Glow Run on Oct. 6. The event, which featured food and music, raised money for Alliance programs.

Clayton Elementary:

Clayton held its annual fun run on Oct. 17 to raise funds for the school. Students in kindergarten through second grade ran together followed by students in grades 3-5.

Coolidge Elementary:

Coolidge fourth-grade students were able to showcase their learning about our state and its government by working cooperatively to design, develop and make a game during a Project Based Learning (PBL) unit for Social Studies, combining key learning concepts into their game design.

Hoover Elementary:

Hoover fifth-grade students took a field trip to Thousand Islands nature center in Kaukauna on Oct. 12.

Lakeview Elementary:

Lakeview will be participating in the Trex recycling challenge to compete with other similar-sized schools in Wisconsin to see who can collect the most plastic to be recycled and turned into plastic lumber. Lakeview won the contest and new bench two years ago.

Roosevelt Elementary:

Roosevelt and Alliance students participated in their annual fire safety day with the Neenah-Menasha Fire Department on Oct. 10.

Spring Road Elementary:

Spring Road received a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant of $1,000 to promote activity and healthy eating with a focus on dairy. The program began with events during the school’s Activity Day on Sept. 21.

Taft Elementary:

Taft has been holding after school events for families on Wednesdays to promote its school community. On Oct. 18, families will be participating in a bowling event in the school gym.

Tullar Elementary:

Tullar will host its annual Halloween Boo Bash on Oct. 20 from 6-8 p.m. in the gym. Students and families are encouraged to wear costumes and enjoy a night of fun with a DJ, dancing, costume contest, food and games.

Washington Early Learning Center:

Washington 4-year-old kindergarten students took the state’s Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening last week. The students did the screening one on one with their teachers and results will be shared at parent-teacher conferences.

Wilson Elementary:

Wilson second-grade students took part in a Neenah history day at the Octagon House on Oct. 16. They participated in horse wagon rides, letter writing, mask making and history trunk exploring before having a picnic lunch.

Horace Mann Middle:

Horace Mann is holding an all-school social on Oct. 20 from 3:30-5 p.m. The event features carnival games, basketball with the high school varsity team and pie throwing. Students are encouraged to wear costumes.

A simple pajama and hat day at Lakeview Elementary School turned into significant assistance for hurricane victims in Texas and Florida. Third-grade students Macie Hall, left, and Aubrie Vanevenhoven organized a day where students could wear pajamas or hats to school for a donation. Lakeview staff and families came through with an astounding $2,250 in one day to aid in relief efforts.(Photo: Photo courtesy of Neenah Joint School District)

Shattuck Middle:

The seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball teams concluded their seasons by competing in matches against staff members on Oct. 10.

Neenah High:

Members of the Neenah High School fishing team paired with students with intellectual disabilities on Oct. 10 at Riverside Park to teach them how to fish in a program called “Reel Choices.”

Martin Luther:

Kindergarten students enjoyed their field trip to the The Little Farmer, and grades 5-8 enjoyed the “Vintage Hitchcock Radio Play” matinee performance at Fox Valley Lutheran High School. The volleyball team finishes its season with the league tournament at FVLHS.

St. Gabriel:

St. Gabriel fourth-graders recently observed the metamorphosis of monarch butterflies. After the insects hatched, students took them to the school prayer garden, said a quick prayer, and then set them free to head to Mexico.

St. Margaret Mary:

Students, teachers and parents from St. Margaret Mary Elementary School met at Riverside Park in Neenah for National Walk to School Day. Neenah community officers lead the group in walking to school. Students who participated had the opportunity to win prizes from the Safe Routes to School Program.

Trinity Lutheran:

Neenah Menasha Fire Rescue presented their annual fire safety program for the first-, second- and third-grade classes at the school.

St. Mary Catholic Middle:

Last week the students from SMCMS, and all across St. Mary Catholic Schools, enjoyed a Zephyr Spirit day. Students came to school showing their school spirit.

St. Mary Catholic High:

SMC kicked off their homecoming festivities with a campus showcase before the annual prayer service and pep rally. Highlights of the showcase included a tour of the transformed resource center, band room and chapel, as well as the new training and fitness center. Campus Minister Father Jon Thorsen offered a blessing of the new fitness facility.